When gambling addict Michele moves in with her childhood friend Janine, their teenaged daughter’s burgeoning friendship produces both humorous and heartbreaking results.
Acting
Moreau and Grenon's chaotic chemistry carries every scene.
Direction
Archambault finds poetry in trailer parks and bad decisions.
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll feel like eavesdropping.
Director
Louise Archambault
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in raw digital video, this was part of a mid-2000s Quebecois wave of unglamorous working-class stories rarely exported outside Canada.
Archambault specifically cast stage actors Grenon and Moreau because she wanted theatrical intimacy that could survive extreme close-ups.
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